Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana

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{{Short description|Indian political party}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| colorcode ={{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| party_name = Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party
| native_name =
| party_logo =File:Bharatiya Janata Party logo.svg
| president = [[Bandi Sanjay Kumar]]
| general_secretary =M Srinivalusu
| ppchairman =[[Narendra Modi]]
| headquarters =[[Nampally, Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]]
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
| ideology = {{ubl|[[Integral humanism (India)|Integral humanism]]|[[Social conservatism]]|[[Economic nationalism]]|[[Cultural nationalism]]|[[Hindu nationalism]]}}
| youth = Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Telangana
| women = BJP Mahila Morcha, Telangana
| publication = ''Kamal Sandesh''
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|4|17|hex=#FF9900}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|7|hex=#FF9900}}
| state_seats_name = [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|3|119|hex=#FF9933}}
| state2_seats_name = [[Telangana Legislative Council]]
| state2_seats = {{Composition bar|0|40|hex=#FF9900}}
| website = {{URL|bjptelangana.org}}
| symbol =[[File:BJP election symbol.png|120px]]
| flag = [[File:Green Saffron Flag.jpg|80px]] |foundation= {{start date and years ago|1980|04|06|df=y|p=y|br=y}}}}
'''Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party''' (or '''Telangana BJP''') is a [[State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party|state unit]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in [[Telangana]]. The headquarters is located in [[Hyderabad]], the capital of the state. The party appointed [[Bandi Sanjay Kumar]] as the president of the BJP Telangana and he is currently serving to this position from 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2020-03-12|title=Bandi Sanjay is new Telangana BJP president|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/bandi-sanjay-is-new-telangana-bjp-president/article31044521.ece|access-date=2020-11-25|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==History==
After the formation of Telangana, BJP in alliance with [[Telugu Desam Party]] fought the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014 Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mallikarjun|first=Y.|date=2014-04-07|title=TDP-BJP deal after days of uncertainty|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/tdpbjp-deal-after-days-of-uncertainty/article5880831.ece|access-date=2020-11-25|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> BJP won 5 seats in the newly formed [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]. BJP also won a Lok Sabha seat from [[Secunderabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Secunderabad constituency]] in the simultaneously held [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Lok Sabha election]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=IANS|date=2014-11-09|title=Bandaru Dattatreya - a simple leader from backward class (Profile)|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/bandaru-dattatreya-a-simple-leader-from-backward-class-profile-114110900419_1.html|access-date=2020-12-17}}</ref>

In 2018, the state assembly was dissolved earlier than its term, and elections were held [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|same year]]. BJP in this election could only secure 1 seat.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-11|title=BJP decimated in Telangana, wins only one MLA seat in Hyderabad|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bjp-decimated-telangana-wins-only-one-mla-seat-hyderabad-93197|access-date=2020-12-17|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref> However in the [[2019 Indian general election in Telangana|2019 Lok Sabha]] BJP won 4 out of the 17 seats.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Geetanath|first=V.|date=2019-05-23|title=Double delight for BJP in Telangana|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/double-delight-for-bjp-in-telangana/article27227118.ece|access-date=2020-12-17|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The BJP got 19.45% of the total votes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BJP takes Telangana by storm, gets 19.45% vote share - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/bjp-takes-t-by-storm-gets-19-45-vote-share/articleshow/69489625.cms|access-date=2020-12-17|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

==Leadership==
===Telangana BJP Party Presidents===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|S.No.
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Name
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Term in office
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Ref.
|-
|1
| [[G. Kishan Reddy]]
| 2014-2016
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-08|title=BJP appoints K Laxman as Telangana party president|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bjp-appoints-k-laxman-telangana-party-president-41353|access-date=2020-11-25|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2
|[[K. Laxman]]
|2016-2020
|-
|3
|[[Bandi Sanjay Kumar]]
|2020–present
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|}

===Incumbent Member(s) of Parliament===
{{see|List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|S.No.
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Name
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Constituency
|-
| 1
|[[Soyam Bapu Rao]]
|[[Adilabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Adilabad]]
|-
| 2
|[[Bandi Sanjay Kumar]]
|[[Karimnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karimnagar]]
|-
| 3
|[[Dharmapuri Arvind]]
|[[Nizamabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nizamabad]]
|-
| 4
||[[G. Kishan Reddy]]
|[[Secunderabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Secunderabad]]
|-
|}

===Incumbent Member(s) of Telangana Assembly===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|S.No.
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Name
! style="background:blue; color:white;"|Constituency
|-
| 1
|[[T. Raja Singh]]
|[[Goshamahal (Assembly constituency)|Goshamahal]]
|-
| 2
|[[Raghunandan Rao]]
|[[Dubbak (Assembly constituency)|Dubbak]]
|-
| 3
|[[Etela Rajendar]]
|[[Huzurabad (Assembly constituency)|Huzurabad]]
|-
|}

==Electoral performance==
===[[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha elections]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="width:100px;"| Year
! style="width:100px;" | Seats Contested
! style="width:100px;"| Seats Won
! style="width:100px;"| Change of Seats
! style="width:100px;"| Popular vote
! style="width:100px;"| Vote Share
! style="width:100px;"| Change in Vote Share
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election in Telangana|2019]]
|17
|4
|''New''
|3,626,173
|19.45%
|''New''
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election in Telangana|2024]]
|17
|
|
|
|
|
|}

===[[State Legislative Assembly (India)|Vidhan Sabha elections]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="width:100px;" | Year
! style="width:100px;" | Seats Contested
! style="width:100px;" | Seats Won
! style="width:100px;" | Change of Seats
! style="width:100px;"| Popular vote
! style="width:100px;"| Vote Share
! style="width:100px;"| Change in Vote Share
|-
|[[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|117
|3
|''New''
|1,450,456
|7.1%
|''New''
|-
|[[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|119
|
|
|
|
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party by state or union territory]]
[[Category:Politics of Telangana]]

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